Sampdoria came from behind to beat Atalanta 2-1 on Sunday for their first win since January 18.

Stefano Okaka struck the winner nine minutes from time to silence the crowd at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium.

The hosts had taken a 16th-minute lead through defender Guglielmo Stendardo but the visitors pulled level in the 68th minute thanks to a goal from Luis Muriel, who started for the first time since joining Samp from Udinese in January.

Sampdoria coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has explained his angry confrontation with Vasco Regini at the end of Tuesday's derby draw with Genoa, saying he was furious that the player gave away a late free-kick which could have cost his side a point.

Mihajlovic, 46, raced from his dugout at the final whistle of the 1-1 draw to reprimand his own defender, and had to be pulled away by other Sampdoria players as the pair appeared to almost come to blows.

ESPN FC's Gab Marcotti discusses Sampdoria's new signing Samuel Eto'o, who appears to be off to a bumpy start after refusing to take part in a training session.

Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has hit out at the way the Stadio Luigi Ferraris is run after Saturday's derby against Genoa, who share the ground with them, was called off because of a waterlogged pitch.

Ferrero said the clubs were paying "100,000 euros per game for a service... which is really worth a lot less" after no covers were put on the playing surface despite forecasts warning of heavy rain throughout Saturday.